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SAV America 8018

New born Son of SAV America 8018
Fairview Valley Angus is a family owned stud. Located 20kms east of Parkes NSW on the Henry Parkes Way. At Fairview Valley Angus we breed cattle for calving ease, fast growth rates, structure and must be docile, we breed it into our cattle by the bulls we select. The breeding in our bulls goes back many generations from AI sires selected from best performing sires we can find in the world. Fairview Valley base cow herd came from Millah Murrah late 1990s early 2000s. As you can see, we have strong lines of Abigail, Flower, and Prue bloodlines in our breeding cow herd. Along with Ardrossan A241, Poss, Baldridge, Te Mania, SAV etc. Our selection of sires over the years has been based on • Calving Ease • Structural Soundness • Growth Rate • Good Temperament We are proving the advantage with no carving problems, sound feet and body structure and responsive weight gains. We advertise actual true data as EBV’s have been delayed and not here in time for the sale. While I do study EBV’s, we personally prefer to go by actual data and very much on the phenotype. All bulls are handled with dogs, ATV’s, utilities and on foot. Fairview Valley continues to breed high quality affordable bulls to improve your herd. Please contact us to come and inspect, you will be impressed.
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In mid 2024 we had Gerald Wyatt from Classic Livestock Management Services QLD come and assess some of our herd using the The Classic Livestock Evaluation System , it was developed over 25 years ago to provide a simple and logical method of identifying productive, quality cattle. It has four levels of evaluation Primary trait evaluation Linear Measurement Breeding Meat below is Gerald's report on our herd. 'We were recently invited to evaluate a random selection of bulls from the Fairview Angus Stud using our primary trait evaluation method. Whilst the number was small, it identified some very high quality animals. Of the 15 that we evaluated, all but one was within the range that we would consider suitable to provide satisfying eating experience in regard to tenderness. We have never evaluated a group of bulls of this size that had this number of tender meat bulls. Often in herds we have evaluated, less than half would be within our criteria for tenderness on our one (best) to five (worst) scoring system. They also scored highly for hormonal activity and milk quality and quantity and were in the top 5% for bull groups we have evaluated for these traits. Their milk quality was also excellent. This refers to their ability to produce high butterfat milk and butter fat is often underestimated in importance when selecting beef cows. It is necessary for the sound structural development of an animal. Research we have conducted has shown that there is a close relationship between milk and meat quality and this is highlighted with the Fairview bulls. Both these traits are strongly influenced by genetics. If an animal is born with tender meat, unless it is severely mistreated during its life, it will die with tender meat. On the other hand, whilst hormonal activity and milk quantity are also genetically influenced, their productivity is also influenced by nutrition.

We also evaluated 50 of the Fairview cow herd and found that 94% of them met our criteria for tenderness which is also one of the highest we have ever experienced for a first evaluation. The cows also exhibited a well above average score for hormonal activity and this includes fertility. Their milk producing capacity was also well above the average so it was no surprise that the bulls from this herd performed so well.
The major plus that will be gained from using these bulls from Fairview is that they are going to considerably improve the eating quality, hormonal activity and milk quality and quantity of most of the herds that they are used in. It was a great pleasure for us to work with a sample of the Fairview cattle and find the results that we did, especially on our first contact with this stud."